The 4 main factors for using a bicycle despite tailbone pain would be: 1) a coccyx cut out, so that the coccyx is not directly hitting into the bike seat. 2) a wider-than-usual bike seat, so that more of the body weight is on the other sit bones (on the ischial bones) rather than on […]

Recently I have received a lot of questions about the periosteum and whether the periosteum should be left in place when ppatient undergoes a coccygectomy (surgery to amputate or removed the coccyx, or tailbone).

Tailbone Book, Chapter 13: Cancer (Malignancy) Causing Tailbone Pain, Coccyx Pain Is your Tailbone Pain Caused by Cancer??? This is the next in a series of coccyx pain videos, giving you highlights from the chapters of Dr. Foye’s book, “Tailbone Pain Relief Now!” The actual VIDEO is at the bottom of this page. Here is […]

Can A Woman Give Birth Vaginally After Coccygectomy? Giving birth to vaginally can cause or worsen coccyx pain (tailbone pain, coccydynia). During childbirth for a vaginal delivery, the baby passes through the birth canal, which can cause pressure and trauma onto the coccyx.

Recently I was asked whether giving birth to vaginally would be likely […]

“Tailbone Pain Awareness Day” is November 15 Goals of Tailbone Pain Awareness Day: The goal of Tailbone Pain Awareness Day is to draw attention to tailbone pain (also called coccyx pain), and to offer educational materials, support, understanding, and compassion for people suffering from tailbone pain. Goals also include providing useful educational materials for people […]

Someone recently told me online that their treating physician tried to look at the coccyx MRI, to try to find the cause of the person’s coccyx pain (tailbone pain, coccydynia). But the physician reportedly said that the MRI images of the coccyx looked “fuzzy,” so they were not able to see very much detail.

How Soon After a Coccygectomy can you have a Steroid Injection? The answer is: “it depends.” Most patients tolerate corticosteroid (steroid) injections very well. These injections can be very helpful for a wide variety of painful musculoskeletal conditions. But it is important to recognize that there are some people who are […]